Renee Fernandez, MD
@DrRFernandez
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🇨🇦 Transformational leader | Family doctor | she/her | Sharing about equity & justice, primary care, and women's health.
Unceded Coast Salish Lands
Joined February 2015
In 2022, 1 million British Columbians were waiting to see a Specialist, and as of late 2024, that number grew to 1.2 million. Specialist wait times represent a vital sign of any healthcare system and we can’t fix the healthcare crisis until we fix access to Specialists.
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When a Specialist Doctor's waitlist grows, your family's wait time does too. Right now, 70% of BC Specialist Doctors report longer waitlists - leaving patients waiting longer for the care they need. #BCHealthcare #BCStillWaiting #WaitlistCrisis #SpecialistCare 🔗 Learn more:
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Access to specialty care is a concern for all patients and physicians. Family doctors work closely with our consultant specialist colleagues to help patients access the right care at the right time. With long waitlists, that can't happen as it should.
Specialist wait lists for B.C. patients grow to 1.2 million people: doctors groups
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Members: View a recording of the recent president-elect forum to get insight into each candidate, and don't forget to cast your vote by Thursday, December 5. https://t.co/uk9KWDMSgb
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"Make family practice sustainable and you have a healthy system that makes doctors want to stay and incentivizes medical students to get in and make a life of it." https://t.co/uqyZT0nqYj
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The CMA is calling for the elimination of sick notes for short-term minor illnesses, which could prevent as many as 12.5 million unnecessary health care interactions in a single year. Read more:
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The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is calling for the elimination of sick notes for short-term minor illnesses, which could prevent as many as 12.5 million unnecessary health-care interactions in...
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Check out the handbook just launched by @InterParesEU about the power of gender representation in parliaments and how women are driving real change around the world as part of the EU’s #WYDE initiative. https://t.co/inf3EnGfmj
#WomenInParliament #RepresentationMatters
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A BIG congratulations to British Columbia for making HERSTORY and becoming the first province to achieve gender parity! 💁🏽♀️💁♀️💁🏿♀️💁🏻♀️💁🏾♀️💁🏼♀️ BC voters have elected 52.7% women into office! Up from 42.5% in 2020. #RepresentationMatters #Fall2024Elections #BCpoli
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BC has elected its first legislature where a majority of MLAs are women.
A milestone worth celebrating: 49 women are set to serve in the #BCLeg 43rd Parliament, marking the first time in BC's history that more women than men will take their seat in the Legislative Chamber (also a first for a Canadian provincial legislature) #WomensHistoryMonth #BCpoli
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I voted for healthcare that works for everyone in BC. Make your voice heard this provincial election. 5 days until election day - get out and vote!
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Patients are at the centre of everything that we do as family doctors. That's why I am asking my provincial election candidates how they will be prioritizing patient care if elected.
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@picardonhealth on the future of medicine at @FMWCanada: If there’s one thing Canada does better than anywhere else, it’s studying the failings of our health systems. We don’t have a healthcare crisis in Canada; we have an implementation crisis. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #fmwc100
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@FMWCanada #FMWC100 exceeded expectations. Filled my ❤️+ fuelled my 🔥. From the Past Pres procession, reunions, KCIII medals, to bearing witness to the collective commitment for change. Join us at https://t.co/J4Wr7dTzqr + don't miss out next year in Toronto. @dr_rdosanjh
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What do we call a panel without any men? A conversation.-Andre Picard @picardonhealth @FMWCanada #100years #Medtwitter @DrShelleyRoss @ShelleyZieroth @DrRFernandez #genderequity @DrKathleenRoss1 @jossreimer
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"Where there's a wage, there's a gap." Learning from the experiences of @OntariosDoctors to apply to #GenderPayGap work in BC.
Where there’s a wage, there’s a gender gap. Compelling evidence from Dr Zainab Abdurrahman President-elect @WomenOMA @OntariosDoctors @FMWCanada @thenosm
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252,000 people accessed contraception in the first 15 months of BC's free contraception plan. Amazing results for a program in its infancy. https://t.co/2QG95LF4wN
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On April 1, 2023, British Columbia became the first Canadian province to offer free prescription contraception, thanks to AccessBC.
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#Specialists: Doctors of BC & Consultant Specialists of BC are conducting a survey to expand our understanding of Specialist waitlists & to help put more weight behind our advocacy work for you & your patients. Check out your inbox for the survey link. Deadline is Sept 26.
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Thank you @Keri_Adams @CTVMorningLive for having our President, Dr. Vincent Wong, on the show today to discuss 3 key issues: 1⃣Patients before paperwork 2⃣Respect and representation for family docs 3⃣Practice supports for team-based care #bcdocscare #bcpoli @BCFamilyDoctors
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Together with BC's free contraception plan, HRT coverage is a great step forward for improving the health of women.
B.C. signs national pharmacare deal with Ottawa, will help province fund hormone replacement therapy and diabetes expenses, @ashleyjoannou reports: https://t.co/HFywbeXiWM
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